Part 1 of this series introduced us to the concept that MDM is not about the technology, you need to get the People and Process side of the strategic triangle right before selecting and deploying your chosen technology. In part 2 we covered the relationship between Business Process and MDM and how dependent they are of each other. Now in part 3 we are going to take a look at the ‘People’ part of MDM, from a business perspective. [...]
There are two key tracks to the discussion about process:
1) Business Process – How MDM fits in with business process, especially around MDM’s relationship with Business Process Improvement (BPI) initiatives.
2) MDM Process – The processes that drive the MDM world, including any MDM deployment methodology or framework and Data Governance processes.
I think we should leave the MDM Process piece alone for now, it is key to any MDM deployment and management life-cycle and warrants detailed focus on it’s own. [...]
Starting with the fact that over 50% of the packed audience were from the business, and not ‘IT’, there was a clear theme that ran throughout the conference, and that theme centered around process and people. It was a comforting revelation to me, as I have been ranting on for a while that ‘MDM is not about the technology’ we need to get the people and process management in place as a business, technology is an enabler! [...]
